Chapters:

In her world things were different in
sorts. Outrage plagued the land and the sea. A war far beyond all
wars that any world had ever known was at midst. A war between
good and evil had destroyed everything her people had created,
and everything they stood for was ruined. A war that had lasted
hundreds of years, that's what she was born into, but she had a
secret. She was the secret. A divine being, the perfect life, the
perfect soul, that's who she was. She was named Leta, she was the
hidden one. She was human.

She awakes the rustling of the autumn
leaves and the slits of sun light that fell between the over head
branches. She is greeted with the immense pain of her solitude,
and despair of her lonely life. A tear swells in her eye and
falls gracefully. Her heart whither in grief, her soul crumbles.
In the midst of her heartbreak she thinks of Ace, her keeper. Her
protector, the fallen angel. She remembers his face and wishes
for it. She wishes for him to be near her and keep her away from
her lonely state, to bring her out of this place of darkness. She
wishes for his touch, and as she does, more tears begin to fall
from her eyes. She longs for him almost out of a sense of love
that she never knew she had for him, but was just realizing. She
didn't know how much longer she would have to wait to see his
face, his sandy glistening hair, or his sunflower eyes. She
didn't know how long it would be before she heard his angelic
voice say her name, or feel his warm hand touch her face. Almost
as if by magic she hears his whistle. The whistle that lets her
know it's him, Ace, and not someone there to kill her. Her heart
raced in anticipation as he fought his way through the bush and
appeared in front of her.

It had been two weeks since she had seen
him. It had been two weeks of loneliness. Her heart melted at the
site of him. She crumbled to the ground as tears poured from her
eyes. Ace rushed to her side. She was his princess, his treasure.
He was the only person in the whole world who was actually aloud
to see her and only one of few who even knew she existed. In
their world humans weren't aloud to exist anymore. The whole
world had been taken over by demons and fallen angels. Ace was
one of few who didn't agree with killing humans, however he
didn't always think that way.

He reached out his hand to brush the tears
from her face and embraced her tightly. His heart fluttered and
hers did too. They were one person in that moment, their hearts
beating as one. She laid for a moment with her head on his chest
trying to calm her heart and her mind, but she was so happy that
he was there it was hard to be calm at all. Ace ran his hand
along Leta's cheek and down her neck attempting to ease her soul.
She looked up at his face and noticed his straining look. She
opened her mouth and produced the sweet sound that Ace had been
looking forward to for so long, "Ace, is everything
alright?"

Leta was one of five humans in the area
being hidden by Ace and his friends. Ace and his friends owned a
safe house where they kept the other four humans. The house had
been raided by a group of fallen angels. Leta was hidden in the
woods because Ace felt it was safer, but now that the house had
been raided she was in danger even though she was hidden
separately. "Leta, we have to go far away from
here."

Her face was so innocent to him, "Why,
Ace?"

"Because, honey," He tried so hard to hide
the truth from her but as he did her intrest only grew, "we just
have to."

She could see the pain in his eyes and she
knew the truth he didn't need to tell her about the raid, she
knew that the others had been caught and killed and that now not
only her life was in danger, Ace's was too. She saw images in her
mind of what they had done to those other humans, and what they
might do to her and, even worse, to Ace. Ace looked her in the
eyes, and they both understood.

"I have a friend waiting in a near by city
who knows we are coming. He will give us a place to stay for a
night or two, but then we will keep moving. There will be other
safe houses for us along the way. We will keep going until we get
to the outlands." The outlands were abandoned forests. They would
be safe there, but the nearest one was over 200 miles, and they
would be walking. It would take them at least a week if they only
stopped once every day to sleep for six hours. They would be
walking at night to avoid being seen.

"Won't we be in danger of being caught?
What if someone sees us?" The fear in her voice brought tears to
Ace's eyes. He hated to her the stress she was
feeling.

He wrapped her in his arms, "Everything
will be alright. I promise." Leta trusted him and so she fell
down into his arms and let herself calm down a bit. "We will
leave here at sun down." He kissed her forehead. "I have a
backpack with supplies in it over there by the roses." She looked
at him confused about what they might need. Ace explained that
they would need jackets at night because it would be really cold,
also they would need food to eat, and bandages incase she got
hurt. "Lets get some sleep before the sun sets. Your going to
need it."

Ace pulled Leta close to his chest as he
laid down next to the tree they had been leaning against. They
began to breath in sync and rest easily together. She let her
body fall against him heavily as she drifted off into her world
of sleep.